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GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1331152
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

Green cloth with decoration to front and spine. 8 b/w plates. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly scuffed and marked to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some page browning, foxing and fingering but contents still reasonably clean.

RED RIDING HOOD ALSO GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
Written by Gilda Lund. Illustrated by J.H. Wingfield.
Stock no. 1331036
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1966. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072140197X. Covers edge worn, base of spine split. Initials to front pastedown. Some light finger creases but contents clean. Tally 180 to rear cover.

PERONNIK
No author listed. Illustrated by Christiane Lesch.
Stock no. 1831085
Published by Inner Traditions International, Ltd.. 1st thus 1984. Almost very good condition.

A French Fairy Tale of the Grail Quest. Peronnik is a poor country orphan who, after many knights have failed, enters the castle Kerglas of the wicked magician Rogear in order to retrieve the stolen lance and cup. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Text in English. ISBN: 0892810610. Board edges rubbed, spine faded. Some foxing throughout.

THE CABBAGE PRINCESS
Written by Errol Le Cain. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1830902
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a King with a very bad temper who offended a powerful enchanter. Matt colour pictorial boards. Bright colour illustrations and endpapers. Not paginated. ISBN: 0571091555. Clean pictorial boards. Minor spotting to text block and inside edge of boards. Name in ink to half-title page. Else a beautiful, clean copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and unevenly faded to rear panel witha few minor marks. Overall, a very nice copy.

MRS. FOX'S WEDDING
Written by Brothers Grimm; Sara Corrin; Stephen Corrin. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1830899
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

A very sweet teling of a lady fox with many tails who is a widow. She soon finds herself facing many suitors, most of whom she rejects, until finally she finds one who reminds her of her late husband. As well as being a lovely story there are beautiful illustrations. Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Re-told by Sara and Stephen Corrin. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0571114571. Spine faded. Small nick to top rear edge of spine. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.

YOUR PANTOMIME BOOK
Written by Patrick Barrington. Illustrated by Anne Grahame Johnstone; Janet Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1830871
Published by The Heirloom Library. Slightly better than good condition.

An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby.

FAIRY TALES AND FANTASTIC STORIES
Written by Terry Jones. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1330670
Published by Chrysalis Children's Books. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Originally published by Pavilion Books in 1997. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 184365055X. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

MICHAEL HAGUE'S FAVOURITE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1330669
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with silver titles to front and spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416220800. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Some foxing and light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge browned.

THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1330579
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Small mark to rear cover. Some light fingermarks and foxspots to contents. Tally 370 to rear cover.

THE LOYAL CAT
Written by Lensey Namioka. Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Stock no. 1330498
Published by Browndeer Press; Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A retelling of a charming Japanese fairy tale. Large format. Pictorial boards. Green endpapers. Colour cut paper illustrations. ISBN: 0152000925. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Small yellow old price sticker to front pastedown. Musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned at edges.

THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PERRAULT
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830605
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beautiful red cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers & tails. 185 pages, top edge red. Seventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light fading to open edges and a little scuffing.

PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Karen Avery.
Stock no. 1330410
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1975. Very good condition.

A Peepshow Book. 360 degree book, use the ties to display. Pink glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0701121426. Slight wear to spine and corners. Cotton ties and hanging knot a little grubby. Contents in good working order. Remains of a small sticky label to rear cover.